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bartb 't, 8a iii. -i' -"i'i ue._
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D.ivn.i.er i. 1877, aeeTHi rKim'si Ilmamacr ut 187a.
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r.-(.w-K t: auppcaa raady for Buttbuji t*? BtaBda ta Bm eaaa
try. tobehadat_TBtrt:_.M Oo-fltt-8 Bow_,_
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irreat ii.e-nl uity of thla eafe and eftie u.s preparalioii lai
ittnbiitaMe w ite lutrni ie worih. latliecnre ol i o iph'.colrla.
BBilinia. broncbiUe. whoopiug oou*rh,acrcfulone bumora, nml
an rou-:': ? av_iiitoina,lt haano auperlor, 11 equsl. l.'t
O'loueini; 'i" '-?'? '.ii'-.-svTi'].r..Tii- of dlae - -, whanan n.-ei t ii
tluiM at band v, ui b wUl allevlateall vonipUlnte ol thecheal
Ium.-8 '.r tbroat Maaard obIj by a. ii. Witaoa. Cbe_.Ut,
Bi?t?u. aoldhy_Udi_a_iata _
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'lenns. eaah in adraaee.
rjBlBBB BaverBaara ran K-ve tlirir farnrt fnr Ti*r Triiicvb
Bt 1.238 bioaU iv av.cor. Slata_.or308W.S ktat. en. Mhatt.
__ABCH OIT-K KS or llir TBTBUXE.
Nkw-Y(h:k?No. i,'j::m Rroadway, eornerTblrty
finst-st.: No. 808 Weal TVenty-wilrd _t.. eorner
EiKlith-tive. j NO. Tim I I.u 1-avo., eorner 1'orty
aeventli-si.: No. 2.3_fl Foiirtb-are. Illailtin.l
\\AHiiiNiiiiiN?No. l.:>:i"> l'"-sl.
Los-OB-flo. lBPall MalL s. \V.
ra?BB? No. 13 Raa de la Monna?,
Wtpfywfc Xtatto ffnlnmt
FOUNDED BY HORACE GftEELEY.
BATURDAY, PEBBDAEY 0, 1878.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
Illi: TSEWB THIS MOESJBO.
l-BBIHB. riepaifltWaia nrelieing made for tlie
holilitignf ti.eConclave. ___= Tne late Pope/a laal
wishe^ nore raad ta the Cardiaala yeoterdaj.
Five British war veaaela hava beea orderod n> Cob
Btantiiioiiie; tbeBritiab Hoaaaol CoaaoiOBfl voted
yesterday ?6,000.000 for mllitary aad nava] arma
rneiita amid deaieaiog eheera. ==== Tbe Raaaiana
bold jfosts wiiieh plriee CoBfltautioople in their
power.
DoMKsTir*.?Charles T. GorBBflB, fornierly Aaabr)
aiit-Secretary of tbe Interior, BBB writtrn a lett.r
of eoaaflM?dation of Cooi-iiasiooer Sraitb'a admiois
tration.-- ?sTha?OBTictioo of General Aaderaon
isliolilin Wiis'iiiiiittou tolc tm* laauil ef ;i partiaao
coii8j)iraiy. === AfBD? ofSittiOffBall ftro tryinc
togetthatribaaBi A-aerka to Joln Mn ta a war.
?| aa i'i? aeatPaioBl _anaare beiogdeieodedby
ahle advocatca in Oomstitteeal WaahiofftoB. ~ ~
Thomas J. Munnie, a Hurveyor of tlie Philadelpbia
Board of UaaWwrltara, taa?(led aa ta tha bad eoa*
BBBB? of the MetropoUa before it naa loaded. *
A bill naa iBtradaoed in tlie BanOTot- Beaate
amei.diui-' tha law oi 1873 iti rolation to lha r?aov
ination of iaaoraBOfl eoatpaBieai S-perlatendenl
8_>yth iiilvn iitos Ita paaaafa, aod nakoa astate*
ment nhioh ananera tha iaqttirlea Ib the Aaaembly
of Thursilay. r__-~ A tornado did mocb daataca al
Augnsta. Oa. = Cbarlaa Daria has been aji
pointod Wai'leii of Biag Biag Priapa.
CoMiiiis.-^? lu the Beaate, yeaterday, tha bill to
apiMiiut elgbteea more oooaiiaBiO-era to Paria, a it !i
pay, was - oraraitted ; Mr, 11 11. of Oeorgia, apoka in
lielialf of eoioing Kjlvor dollara eqoal la rah? to
gold doUarai Mr. Witbera, of Virginla, do
laadod tha silvcr Bill j Btany petitiooa nera
jirosetitcl to the Seiiiite. '. = In the Hoaae,
a eaaaasittee reported ia favor of aaaeatiag
Wr. Darrall (Bep.), <>f Lonialana, aad aeating
a Detaocratie eonteetaal; Itr. Wait, ?l Connectlcot,
aml iitliois uf tlu- ciinmittiT, filad apecial reporta on
thematter; tha eaaa naa not dhrpoaed "f; a Boothera
claiui aaa _ebated,a_4 rejaeled by lOOtoOi,hj
Baaa?aof Bepablieaa oppooitioo.
ClIY ANI) M Ill'KllAN.?liec iVtT Je'.Vctt Wil^ ili]
mittedto liaii, yeaterday. Jaatea A. Reilly naaex
auitncd ajnla ralatiToto |ba arigiaof tbe reeenl
Buit. ??? -Heniy Ciewa, baving been imlioted
in Chantaaoaa Coaatyi wus before Jadge
Dohohue on a wnt of babeaa eorp_a.=
jtujftist Belaaoat iaa_a_ to Ootranior Heodriohfl
res[Kctiti- ailver. -____ Cardinal McC'loakey will
Btart to-tlay for Roine. ____. The testiinntiy naa
conclud.'il yistenlay in thfl D?ckie lunaey pnoeed
_BBBi '-"- Thal?Bl?OJ in tlu-Morrill w ill coiito-1
waa eontiiiiied. -== J. F. Heniy, Cuiran
4_ Co.'a arliedulo of HabflitiflB aml Bflaata
vraa I?? ?-? Tafl?BBBBJ was takon fur
tbe dcf'iioe in tiio Fialieriy inv-tiyation. _=
HtaiihfligwagalaatII _L .Stilw.il, ji., aara ibs
niiased. ==__ T_8 Coltinibta CtoUafB Soiiii-Annual
EzhlhltiOB waa aiven. ___= (Jol.l, 103, 108*1, 10_ ;
gold value of the logal-tetid.-r ilollat at tlie | i ?- ,
08eetitri: atocka __D aml luwa r, BBBBBf weak.
Thk WKAiiir.it.?Tkibi BB loul ohat-TflllOBB ia
dicato that cold wimls and partly eleariiuj wi-atlur
nlll fnllow the Btonn. Thcriuotuetcr yestfniay,
88?, 40 , 10 ._
Mr. Beu Hill was bravc cnongh nnd tnitli
fiil enough to call a fij.ade a #padc iti thc
Senatc ye->Uiday. Hc said tlie Jlland liill
tvonld "take its place in bistory ns the
? Pickpocket bill of American legislaliou."
* YeBterday's vote in tbe Senate to ndjouro
intil Monday, in spite of tbe opposition of
Ji. Betiat'ir wbo lias cbarge of tbe .SUver Bill,
oubtle?\ uiean* tbat tbtro will bo no vote ,
until the close of next week, nnd the avisting
uncortaiiity will bo still further prolongcd.
The total vote was too amall to adn.it of any
infereiices as to the pveeeat relativc atrength
of the two pBitteo*
Captain Ankera, or the MetoOpoHa, eotdd not
coatain his ladigaation, reeently, at tbe to
effideney of Um Life-Saving Berxiee, Tba
toattgaony of OOe of the surveyois of the
PbfladelpbJa Board <>f Undenvritcrs dis
clo.-es the fact that Captain Ank:->>'s BtteB
tion was called hy Jiitii to Um we.ikm >- ol
tbe vessel befare atdttngi nnd tbat tbe Captain
waathea ehtotopreeerre a diecreel aUeaee. It
oeenu well thal Captain Anbera ia to be tbe
nexl altnraa. aml it is to be hoped he will he
found in OBO of his talkative BJOOdo.
It haa been well kaowa from the beginning
of the ailxer Bgitation tbat the nound hu-lm --
men of the Vi'c.-t were on tlie same fdde with
the ooand bnaneaa men of the Eaot, boi 11m
afgakamentfl of opinioB made on Boother page
i.v loading rVeetern dry ajooda anerchaate will,
neyertheleas, be fonnd of peenlbu la
tereat They durw not only tlie oplniona
ni the nicti wbo baxe made tbe Weet
tbe laad of plenty and praniae tbal it k bal
proxe aloo bow well it is ojaderetood there
that the silv-r naovemeat is led hy polltieiana
and fttalMffiesI debtOTS, wbOBO followcrs are
moinly deluded farmera aad brrtdeeBiable
tlililip.s.
It is oaaoaaeed fr<?i? Albany that the
fiicnoa of InBaranoe Baperintendent Smyth in
the Beoate will deraaad, bnmediatelj upon
tbe raaaaembling of the LegbMatare, an
inreetJgation into the cbargea tadirertly
preferred againat bim ln the Aaaembly
icsiihition. It is. also ahown tbat Mr.
Smyth aaked an opudon from Attorney
Qeaeral Patrchild ao to hia dnty nnder the
law in qtiistion, anil llr. I'uiichild dcciihd tliat
tbe Sii)?eiinteiiihiii Diighl employ peraooa t<>
esaiiiinc insiiiance coiapanifs, if the uppropria
tion for tho eoodoct of the trnargaaee Depart
iiiiiit was exhauated. a
Extreme differi mcea of beal and ooldin neigh
boring areaa of Btmorpbere on eappoofd to
lavnv the developiuent of huiiiiaiiis, hy pro
viding the occaaion for n ondden rn.-h of
denaer aii- toward that which i.s tbinner. The
adxoeateo of thio xiew will fjnd exidenee ln ita
favorinthe weather precediag tbe d< stiiiclivc
eycloae which xhrited Aagnwta, Gcorgia, nt 1
o'clock yesterday morning. There had been
doring the prexiooj evening a ihowex of h.iil,
followed hy liiin, witb thunder and lightaing.
it ia wortb noting thal the Geocgia harrieaae
lay on the ontakirta of the ebaage of weather
which hasbroughl u< raio, and thal bere it is
marked by an annaoal fall of nir-preeeare.
-?.
Poor ex<caadidate Elendrirka baa been eanghl
ogain, nnd Angaet Belmoal is again the re
moreeleaa catcher. Wben Mr. Hendricka was
reminded of his apeeebea in lst;o and so Utte
bo 1873, reeognJxing tbe dnty of paying the
booda ia gold, he ntolared that hia "views"
tben were that they aboald he rndd la
coin, not natning gold. Bal Mr. Bel
iniuit ohowoi in rejiiy, that whatexer bia
" riewa " were, be sai<l, " In gold," Mexda?
"sivoly ln gold,'' " paytnent ln gold." This
i.s a pli^rht which etraddling aad aHdiagaroand
after the Iiuliiitiii inaiiiicr wUl BOt holp. One
or two inore h-ttets ltoni Mr. BelfBOOl will
spoil Mr. Headrieka exea lnr tho aeooad
plaeeon the nexl Dentoeratie taekci.
"Mr. Weed baa eome to ihe eoaetaaaofl that
his withdrawal of the eharge of "suncpti
" tiOBO" demoneti/ation WBOtOO eonipiclu ti-iw.
Whfle eoBfeoBtag tbat abtoe of the terma ia
which that oei baa been charact?-ii/<-d are too
barah, be retarao to his behef tbat it waa
" steiilthilv" areompllabed. lt i.s difhVnlt to
BM bow Mr. Weed eoald hiive reaclu il t'ns
ciiaclnsion ln the aame week with the publi
eation of tbe baakera1 axemorial, whieh
ahowed again, as baa been ahowa before, thal
the meaaare was dbMiaaaed In Coogreaalonfll
eomaattteea dnring fhre aeaaiona eoxerlng thrre
reara, thal it was printed elerea timea in fall
by Ckingreaa nnd twiee in offlcbd reporta, and
that it waa debated to the taaeof 1 ll eolamaa
in Tkt Conartmlonal (ii<>l?: "Stealth" la nol
ao maeh addieted to tbe oae of the printing
preaa. ^
The controreray eonceralag Gerrlt Bmitba
prior knowledge of Jobn Browa'a HarpeT1
l-i ii v ndd, baa now reached a poioi al whieh
it cannot he h!t to n-t. When the fatnily
qtuMtioBed tbe Wographer'a hnpeaehmenl of
the flead maa'a xerndty, Mr. Frothlngham
called Mr. Horace Whlte to anatain him ; oad
Hr. White aamrd Prederick Doaglaaa aad John
Brown, jr., as hia witneaaes. The family now
call Mr. Doagbua. He anya, in reply : " 1 dia
" tinctly remember aaking Captain Brown
" whether he bad exploinod biaplaaa and pnr
"poaea fully to Mr. Bmith. 'I bave not,' was
" bia onawer. 'I oai afraid thai be wonld
"'prooouoee me a dangerona man, oad
"'nliiM- to ai<l ini'."' After this there
jr nothing to be doae, exeepting ettber t<>
l.-tjaet the ebarge, or to proxe it so anmia
takably that the pablic will holdthe exldence
siidieiently eogent to have made it the plain
(bowexer palnfai) dnty of tlio biographer to
prefex the eharge.
We laxite Bttention to the letter of ex?Gox
ernor Ballock, of Qeorghx, printed oa another
page, iu wldehbe anawera, with greal inlne
iiiiil apparenl eandoTi the rereal ontnmenta of
'1 in. Tbibi m- npon hia acqnittal. It bi bapoa*
afble to reod tliis otateraeal <-f hi- eaoe with
out feeuag that Injaatiee 1ms been doae
him. He ohowo thal the iMadalatixe re?
port, on wbicb doobtlejM BccnaatioBa Bgainal
liitu have h. i n chif !.\ bnaed, was garUed, and
that the teatlniony, printed therein, was dis
axowed on his trial bj the witaeaoea wbo were
ael <l"?n iu-. baxing glxi n It, thoogh they were
called] ob the trial u Qoxernment aitaeoaea.
He deaiea, and aeeraa i<? diaproxe, all cbargea
made ogoJaol hha in the Biattero oi tho par
ehaae of the Btate Ciiiiitol and tho eootraei
with the Teaaeaaee C;ir CooBpaay; oad
oabtaito facta arlth regard to bia admtoiatra
tion which will alter oaaay prexalenl notJooa
eoBeeratag it. Dnrlag his lerm, the xalaatton
of taxable propertx iaeroBOnd by f>4o\000,000 ;
his expeaaea wexe $5,000 per month leaa than
tbOOO of blO Deinocnitic pieih-ei-ssor, aml l!u
fflrpeaoea <>r the Deinocnitic toa^ofatare whieh
iiniucdiately followed his tenii wm- $1,000
a inonth greabra than thooe of its tlepabliean
pridecessor. The rate bf taxation is now L'."?
per eeal Ughei than it was olBftflg his tcini.
Only one of his principal Bbtto ollieiiil.s was a
aaaa wbo bad eome to the stati hii.iT tlu war,
Probably, bowaxaT, the at^oageot point iu
ex-Govenior IjulloeK's lettir is his stateinent
of thO fraiikness with whieh he BOO rouind
invi'stigation, nnd his jiioiiiptness in lOtuinillM
toGeor^ia to meet tlie eriininal etbUga faXgdaot
him. Govemor Bullock'a statetnent is vx paite,
of OOaVBOi hul, tuken tOfothOf with tlie fuet of
hiu triuiuphaut aequittal, faafjht to eud all
doubts oi bia hinoceuce. Tut Thiulne will
not kaowingly do injuritico to auy muc, and
tlierefore gladly joins in tlie vcrdiet wbic'i B
Gcorgia juiy lias alrcady pronouuced.
AXOTiiEK sn.iEi: scanESTloy.
Benatoi Ctaktamej Im-* the honor of ptofog*
iaf B sctthiiunt Of the silvt-r dispute, not
iiiiiea.son;ili!e, inipraetieable or di-dioncst.
Hla ptan is to aiithmize unlimiiei! coinage
iiml BtBmplPg of inint l>ar?, nnd the iBSBB
df eeitili iitcs in iiiilimitod aiiiount for
silvci baJltOB depOadted, but to makc
UM eoins and rerttlieatcH B lc-al-tevdcr
ooly for their market ralne. Tlicn if tae nae
i.r 'silvcr in this coimtry ically adv.uiee* the
inicc of silrcr lnillioii, aa adTOcateg of that
twnrae wbo ar.; aot repodiatora beBere
thiit it will, the ailver BBd ceiti'.icati s
i.f dcposit of silvcr will DBfM eurn nt
8t par; if not, they will rominaiid whatever
ralne tbe m< t.il iisclf eofoaiaBda. N<? one bbb
objeei to Utia plaa oa Um aoopg of boncsty.
If silvcr can bc Bjed al all, either as coin, or
in 0m i'oiiii of brjIUoB aa the baaia of coyrtHI
cates of di poait, this nicthod will itisiue UM
ii.. of Um largeal poaaible amoiint.
Tho market valiic, it will be ohjcctcd, niay
be :ti!iiici,.!iy advaaeed or defkreaaed. Tbia is
trnc also of ovcry otbor oomnioditv. Wlmat
cin bc eornered. Cora, eoftoa, petroleam and
pitrriaiooa can be roade for the Ubm fleore
vuliiai.le in Um market by i.lUaatioaa to
control tbe price. Why BBOaM silvcr, another
Important prodnet of this eoaatry, of
equally extenarre aad pcimaneiit deiaaad,
be naore aabjod to auch aiiiticial or foreed
chaogea ol price T lt ia rery probabk tbal silvcr
wonidbeb waffa ted by poaatbtacoBBMaaUonato
raJaeorlower tbe price than any other prodnet,
beeaaao of the oride and pennanenl deaaiad
l t ii. Duqui gtionably, its aaa in tl?is? eoaatry
as curreiicv, and BO h iiu-tallic beahl tor nrcii
Latiog noics, would belp to Bireai aay ikpraei
ation raiised by dcmonetizatioii elscwheie.
Ifraawbira, it i< a rery importaat fjoaridera
tion in favor of Um plaa of Beiiatof Chrb>
ti aney tbal ?t doeg nol eootedaalate any fixed
ratio of eouMfja, and tberefore doea aot
Utreaten Um aatioao of Um I.atiu 1'iiion, aot
tciid to lone dinioiictiziitiun of silvcr 1>J
them.
liiihcd, it niay prore tbal thli aebeme, aba
ple u-. it aeema, will be toiiiul tbe loag^eoughl
soliition ol Um proUon upon which bmmm
nietallists and binii talli-ts hiive vcxcd their
souls in \ .tiii si> lii.uiy years. If it eoald bi
agreed by Wcateni natioasthal allrerand gold
abould circul.ile as riinciiov, withoiit 1 i aaa it as
in eltber, imt tbal tbe ralne in ust. of tbe mi
oor inctiil should ln- detenaiood l.y its bolltoa
ralne, as eompared with gold, all aaUoaa
atfuapiag silvcr bnllioo fnely, bal ao aatioa
attempUag to fig Ba ralaUre ralne, it aeema
probable tbal tbe greateal poaaible Impatoa
would ba girea to Um demand for silvcr; iis
price would he lifted as fai as poaaible; aad
the ntraoat poaaible nae of silvcr, as pati of
ihe nrorld'a eurreucy, would ba attaiaed. Tbo
aaggOBtion eertaialy aecma will a/ortby of
vcry earefal eonaideratioa froai Um atadeata
of liiiiiiu i.il problema ta other caantriea.
It u aaotber and rary importaat meril of
tbe plaa of Benatoi Cbriatlancy tbal it pro
ridee ior ih.- reUremenl of Icgal-tcitdex aoteo
pnri pamtk wiih Um i-siie of silvcr coin.
Ihe procaaa of reaampfioB ironld tboa l?e
greaUy atdedj Um aaioaal of legal-teader
BOtoa tO l?< icdccincd or " llnati d'' would 00
tlnis dimialabed; aad ln plaee of aotea aow
miiiih (im d and irrcilcc m.ililc, we shmilil L'l.n!
oallygal into drcalaUoa ccitiiicitcs rapraaeat
inu' accit :in anionnt of luiliion actiiiillv dapoa
iled, and UMOe BOtOB BOtdbl n;trcsent the mar?
ket ralne of aaeta badUoa. Trae, that in.nkct
ralne wonhl rary from time to time, i.ut Um
ralne of the legal-ttinlers in use BctaaBy
vii.ics cv( a nioiv thiin tbat Of silvcr Inilli,iii,
;i-i has been BonnJanUj prored. It voajd be
iiiiinc:i-iiiiili!.v lutter to h.ivc the V.ilii" of
ootee in cirenlaUoo rary, nol with tba eredil
,,| the (.i.vciiiiniiit, bui wiih tho valiic ol
iiiilliiui depoaited, for tbare would tboa bc ao
moiivc tn aaaail tbe publle eredil operatiag
wiih a Large claaa of dtJseoa.
THB BL i/N/-' BILL.
Beaator BbfJae has done b vcry diffleull
thiug, II' baa propoaed a aettlemeal of the
lilrer queaUon wbich boneal adroeatea of n
iiioiicti/alioii oiik'lit to be glad to adopt, and
which oppoaenta of remonetixation will prob
alily ooaoeat to ii il pnrtea Um beat tlny can
i'( t, and this incthotl of scttlciiK nt be has Ufged
with greal foree of reaaoning. Dia argnmenta
?gainat tbe Blaad bill are concluaire,and ongbt
in bare welgtat wiih erery patriotic Benator,and
i piciiillv aritbajrery RepubUcaaBeaator. The
propoas] to coIb a silvci dolliir ni !?_'."? graina, i<?
iimki it an unlimited legal*tcadertaad to pro
rido for c( riiii( it. s bo be iaaned upon depoaitd
ni silvcr bullion, ouglil i > aaUafy erery taa*
aonabie adrocate ot tbe donble atandard who
ilui i not deliberately Intend to debaae the
currency, to prercnl reaumpUon, aud to bring
abonl repndiation of pnblic debta. At Um
mme Ume, the plan baa oae weak poiat. Tbe
doUor propoaed would not be now, aud there
is no cettiiiiity thal il would be erer, of eqnal
viilne wiih tbe gold dollar.
Mr. Blaiae fecognixea tbe fad that U~)
^'rains ni silvcr arc nol BOW WOltb 000 dolliir
in gold. Bol be belieree ilmt aome advanee
in tbe ralne ?>l silvcr would eertainly reenlt
lioin tbe coinage of anch dollara in ihis eoun
iiy, and judgca tbal tbia adrance would l?e
enougb to cloae tbe preaenl gap between Um
cuiii propoaed and tbe gold dollar. poa My
lu- in rigbt Hut it is a matter ol opiniottt aud
one npou which the ableat Bnancial writcra do
not agreei wbetber any advancr wbaterer in
Um price of silvcr would rc.-nlt from
a eoinage m ihis eoantry at a r;itio
diflereai from Uiol of tbe Lditin Uaioa. It
mighl eanae natioaa of tbe Lotin Uaioa to
ih inoni ti/.c silvcr, aud in that ca-c no one
doubta that tbe bodlion priee of ailrer woald
nmterially dcclinc. snil leaa is it poaaible for
Mr. Blaiae or any one < Isc to pnilici bow
greai ? ebaage, il any, may be eauiaed by tbe
coinage propoaed. Tne contemplated dolbu
migbl ln coinc v.diih 100 eeatd in gold, bal it
mighl nerer ba worth toore tban '.'7 or 08
eenta. liimlly. 10000 ebangea in Um ballion
price of siher arc to be expecttd, und
if at any time tho value aboald fall BO
far thal gold eoald l?c profltably ex
ported in plaee of aBrar thiowu into
ciicuhition or depoaited aa luiliion, tbe moal
diaaatrona eflecta Baticipated fiom the Blaad
bill wonhl reanlt As 1 oneegion of bjOBor, ii
matuis ni't whcilni ereditora arc Brroogad (??
the exteai of eighi eenta, <n oaly one eeal oa
the dollar. Tbe diaturbance iu eoaaaaanme
would be leaa aeriooa, bal tbere woald stiii be
greal diatorbaaee, il Um ooatemplated dollur
abonld oonmaad oaly one 01 two per eeal leaa
ihan tbe aald dollar.
Oa the wh.ilc, Um proptisitit'ii of Senator
Chiisliane.v is ihe beat, if theohvioiiHpiactic.il
(lil)n ulliest an l.eovcrcoinc. Silvci niay liesaf.:
ly coincd or stamped to an unliiiiited auiituit,
and ccrtiliiMtc-' BMBMd BgBiaal ailver bolBon
ih'i.ti-ited, providi.il BO faa| i* cn.upcllcd to
takc tho Hilvgj or tho silvcr ccitilic.ttes for
111010 than tbo murkct value. Ollieiul au
nouuecment of tbo uuufkut vulue skould bo
freqnently mado. Care ahould be taken to
have the announcemcnt of changes in price aa
pithlic and general aa poisible. Bat it ia not
casy to naiiio any gootl rcsult whieh ean bo
reaehed hy coinago of silver at a lixed valua
thHI which cannot also he as surely, or more
?Atrely, reaehed. hy its coinaue with provision
thal it bhall pass nt its aoarket ralao only.
It baa been said tbat the Iicpublicati Beoav
tora on oerioandy ooaolderlag tbe odTbmbflity
Of defeating the Bland hill, and alttmp'ing lo
pass 0OOB0 other. suoh as that of Senator Blaine
oc that of Boaotof Cluistianey, proxidiag for
ranXOBOMaataoa on 0B hoiicst ki.-is. The party
cannot BOBO 00 cstahlish a stronger elaini to
pabtie reopoet and eoaftdeaee than it would
BOtoMiah hy a inst settlctiicnt of this question
and i oaceegftfal defenoe of the paWk eredit
Ttaero is a rare oppoiiunity for Bepnbtieaa
Btal anaea heie, and it ia to be hoped that it
will not be thrown away._
IEM EFFtCTOF VOMPBOMISE
What practical rOOaltO will folloW the pro
pooidcoropromieee of tho BUrei Bill 7 Bemv
tora Chrhdiaaey, Bbdae aad othero propoae tho
ooinage of o oHra dollar of greotei weight
than ihe "dollar of tbe falhcrs." The silver
men, <n the other hand, are ropreaented oo
readj to rote tot aa ameadaMBt exclndiag the
free cobaage teatare, and giviag tho proflto to
thO (iiivi'iiimenf only. There is vcry littlc
reaaon to belkrpo that theoo ehaageo orill be
,n;i.l.-. but tbeir practical effeet, if aiade, ioBOt
iinnianially a mattei of uiuch tetOfOOt and iu
qatry.
No choagO that is vet proposed in the weight
of the dollar to he eoined would liave lnudi
effect lor good or evil, ezeept as to the proe
peet of demoiietizatioii l>y other cooatrtea.
Obxtoaaly, the largex we make tiie dollar,aad
the lowir we value the ailvor theiein, the
stronger will ho tlie impnlse to stop
ajlxer eoiaogo hy natioaj of tho Latia
I'nion. The more eostly dollar will be more
likely t<> doproR.s tho value of silver hlllliou
abroad than the Icbs eostly, thoiigh the
robbery of ereditoro would not at the
ootoet appear as gieat. Bat there would
be robbery eaoagb in any eaae eootemplated.
One Beaator waato a dollar of 490 graina.
Ihe nade-dollar BOO that weight, hut wiil not
Im- taken for more than V2 OOBtO in gold, when
it is kaowa that it ean no loBger ciiviilate as
n mere token coinagc, is not a h -al-tcndcr,
and is not received at Govi?rnnicnt offleeo. A
dollar of 434 grains io also proposed. Ii' UM
ballion price of silver ahoaJd neither rUo nor
fall, tha? eoin would i?<- worth aboat 95 eenta
gold, It will haidly pay to dishonor ourselves
lor live eeata. Ia order ta have eqaal value
with gold, the silver dollar at pnsent intist
coatain about 468 giains. No oaeh coinago is
to be ezpeeted, nor woald such eoiaage ho de
siiiilile.
Free eoiaage of a depreeiated metal IbtoItoo
n raseally Job. It is trae thal o ebaage of
piices may OOOB depress the pn,cha-.ing poWOI
of o legal-tender eoin ha ita balUon value, bat
for a time iill oellera will l>e robbod, and all
Uborera will bo robbod. All peraoao receiT
UBg lixed incoiiies and all civditors whose
debto are not i>y anedfk eootrad payable in
gold, will ho plnndered still knoger. I.imita
tionof the coinage doeoaol naeel the dUBenlty.
lli-nce, it Uthoaghl that tlu- bill mav iiossil.ly
iu- ao chaaged thal OoxerBoaeal only aball do
po-it ballioa aml take eoin at tho Miat, It
ii.ii - not seein likely th.it this ebaage will
titiiilly be liiiidr. The joliluis, wboOO chief
otimalafl io the bope of greol proflto, will re
i-i-t with oeal. Silvir aianlaca, wbooo beliefte
that a bootila Beeretary aaay make it Impoaal
blo t<? gct silver lato gem rui circalotJoa,ahow
a di-pii-itii'ii lo rfiot Mxii pl as they may
prefei ball a loaf to no bread, repnoHatoro
will lesist. Btlt il the bill shoiild DBOO iu this
shaliO, what WOOld DO the cllntT
lt is aotaewhal baatily Baaamed tha4. the bill
woald tiu ti be kaoperatixe aml inipoteat, al
leaal for manyaaoatha, Prienda aad foea alike
baxe liilhn into tlu- error. Two eleaaeato scem
to be oxerlooked by tboae wbo reaaon thaai
the w.ulil will aaticipata thal the Treaaory
will flnally have to pay ont ailxer, and the
Iii -unipiioii Hill will be defeated. lt is trae
tbal the Beeretary eaa for o year <?r niorecon
tinae to eoin silver, boarding it in the Treae
'. my, and rreeixing for duties aud payiag oat
! for lotereat gold only. Bal 11?i -* prueeaa
; conld not bo indcflniteli prolonged. Sooner
! or later, tho Beeretary would be foreed to
I nae his growiog atore of aUxer, taatcad
[ ni bia depleted atoek of gold. Also, it woald
j Iu i-oiiu- inipn.-.-ihh- for him to -i 11 hoiul.s ;it
1 pai in gold,either for reonmptkm or for fand
I iog. Booda would eome baek ln veiy lorge
amoanta from Enrope, onlcaa the decline in
i price hiH- ohoald keep pnee witb any decline
tlu ic Qold woald be drawn oal of the coun
I hy or hoarded, ln anrpriaing amoaato. The
Treaaary would be eompletely erippled in
exeffy preparation for reaamptioo, nnleaa tbe
iiceiiniulatioii nf siher dollara conld be
eoaaidered a preparatioa. Bal all theae1
reaalta would be diacoonted in tbe markeU.
It would beeome known that the Treaaory
woald be eaable to redeem paper in gold,
and tbat it must pay out siher dollais of
?.?o centa eocb, or tail to redeem oi all. Tbe
aare enTed woald be depreciation of tbe paper
iiiiniiev, uii'l lapid rise in the pniiiiiim on
gold, rifnoal gag <>/ the Iratporary rnffe/ /" be
gaintd Iii erpanelon ef enrreney, The vei-y
liauli -t of lianl timea mnal be expected in tli.it
caae, The ehTeel woald be worae bocaaoe
nobody coald aaeaa bow mncb tbe paper ear
reaey might deprecUte, nor what diaaatero
ini^ht follow o Intile atterapl ta reaarae
,-pi cic paymeuta with a atore Biainlyof silver.
The lull wiihoni free r^iaage io o billtoaxake
the nacertaifity greater and more deadly than
ever. The hill with free eoiaage ia a bill to
aeenre repadbUtoa, aad to awiadle eredUora
aml kaxeotoro, _
////: KVEOPEJE SITV ITION.
Tbe aiek naan of Barnpe appeara to have
ehanged doctoro. It is his opinion thal the
Brttish doctor, btatead of eartng hio dtoeaae,
Miv greatly oggtaxated it by had treattuent,
aud i-pecially hy fgloo reprc.sentations and
proniises which were 00X00 kept, the deoigU
and (Ileet of whieh were to plBBgO Turkey in?
to a war with Ku-sia, and proloog Its re-i-t
aace. The obj oayiagthat we like o maa beal
after baxbag foaght with him limls ;i eaiioaa
illuetration in tbe eoaroo whieh 'Tarkey baa
prohatdy ehooea, if Seiver Fooha and other
liigh olliiials are noTlnisrepresented, and have
not otraagely mbvepreoeated tho feeling of
tbeir fjoxerameat. Belwxiag that ii baa been
d. luded aml defraaded hy Englaad, Tarkey
aeemoto baxe defiaitely reeolxed to oeeept the
alliiince nnd the policy of hiissia. Wlielhei
l!u- -iiin troopa are oetaaltj in CoBfdaMtkaaple,
it is ceitain that they 000 00 01000 00 lo DO ahlc,
in n single d.iy, to oceupy tho elty, its de
feneea, and the bMrOaidabM fotlillcations hy
wiii.-h foreiga naTMai have beoB ogetadad froai
tbe >li.iits. If Ktlgland eooajBOBOOO or threat
eao ho-iiiities, Boaaaa M ln o poottioa ta ooraa
both t'uiist.intiiiople und the Diudanelles, nnd,
pcihaiis, a large Bl it of tbe Tuikisb navy.
Tho ruinoi tbat u m Orcl alliance, ollouaive aml
defcusivo, baa bceu conduded bvtwctu lius^Ut
and the Porte. finds not a littie con6rmation
in the strange mystery preserved in regard to
the tcrnis of armisticc, in tho unresisted ad
vance of Russian forces to the uear neighbor
liood of the capital, and in the repoited
language of bigb Turkish officials.
If this is truc, it is not easy to seo what
England ean do. Protests will be linpotent.
la tlio Congress of Nations, tt is the less
probable that Germanr will take the Eng
lish sidc beeaaaa, nionths ngo, it was asserted,
upon infoniiation npoarcntly good, that BaaV
inarck liad rcsolved to scizo this occasion to
tTacli a fiual sottlcnient of tho Eaatern ques?
tion, nnd one not advorse to BM feclings which
have for matiy years bcen dominant iu Rbb*
si.in policy. b tbo nature of things, Turkey
(iinnot bo an indep<-ndent power. It niust
lcan upon somehody, and it has found leauing
upon England vcry costly. No reason appears
for opposition by Geruiany to a Hussian yro
t.ctorate of Turkey, and tho natural con
Hiilcration will be Kussian wipport of
the (hsi-iis of Geruiany with regard to Bal
gioja. As to Austria, its objeettoB will not bc
of great weight, beeanee if would reajabra oaly
a niodcrate iinpctus from without to insure the
diaauilllhl rmont Of Austria, and tho detach
incnt Of ItB Eisteru territory. Italy appears to
be in inll lympatay with Gkrataay and Kassia,
M to EagBab domlBBtloa ia the Mcditcrranean.
Pranoe ia bardly prepand ta <ako aa import
,iut part, ami Ktissia, if supportcd by Gcrniany,
bnndonbtedly in poattJoa to dcfy all opposition,
and to treat with oontempt any adverse action
of a Coegreaa of Earapaaa nations. As usual,
Biamarek bolda the key, and, as usual, niay be
expeeted bo nae it as suits his own pjaipooag.
Is it char tbat pabUfl opinion iu Great
Britain la not wroagl What good reason has
Ihat country for opposing B protectorate of
Turkey by Baaaiaf Truc, Turkish boada arc
chielly beld in England, as U'l.ssiau bon.ls are
cbiefly beld la Gcrmany, bal there is no vis
ihle reason for supposing that a rhange in the
rclations of Turkey would tnake less valuahle
boada which aro altnost TaJaelega alroadv.
As for the Suez Canal an 1 the pOBBflrfBtiea
of aaaaalt apoa tho Brittto Empire
and OOmmerOO ta India, is it not tini"
f't.i Engbuid tO consider wheihcr all its Baat
cin power la worth what it costsT lt may yct
appear tbat tbe Ubenki have the aiaer eoaeep*
tion of England's tnie policy. Popular excitc
nicnt ln F.ngland in icgard to the BaetetB tJBOB
tion la not moie to Po dcpciidcd upon for
good aeaaa or aagarlry than popular exeite
rjMBl in this eoaatry as to the Silvcr Hill.
Great Britain cannot flfaard to gO to war bc
eaoae Raaaia has become, or is likcly to be
r.iinc, nuislci of the Dard.mcllcs and the Hlack
Sca, and B war with no bcttcr inotive would
ultimatcly be regarded in England with shiime,
eveu as the (Tiineaii war is BOW dcemod by in
teBigeal Englishmen B stain upon the natiou's
r< pntaUoa. ______________
FICTOB BMANUBL AND CABJJIBAL MAX
NIXG.
Considcrablc inlcicst has bcen excitcd la
EiiKhind l?y the coiirse takcu by t'aidinal
Maniniii.' in rcfciencc to the solcinii inass for
Victor Bmanael, which it was proposcd to
eelebrate ta the Italiaa Charck in Loadoa.
The Cardiaal beiag iu BotaOi a dispateb waa
si-nt to I'im, BSBiag hini to autliori/c ollicially
the propoaed ecreaiooiaL The Cardiaal Areb>
biabop tetoraed a direet refaaal, bat added
tbal *' a low aaaaa aeigbt bc aaid witboal tbe
"(-tistdiuary miisic.il BeeompaniBMnta.N It
aboald be remembered tbat betweea a bigb
aad B low BMMM there Ifl BO dillcrencc from a
reilgioaa poial of vieWi and tbaa the probibi*
lion of the "miisical necompaniments" coiild
bare m> otber pjeaalag than oae of diBro
gpeet to the dead King. The eoBBM of the
Cardiaal gare great dissatisfartion; and the
Italiaa Faibainy Uaoaght it worth whOe la
niiikc ;i fonaal BtateaMal of the faeta iu The
ZraMB. ln eoBBeejaoaee <?f the Interdiet
of tbe t'aidinal, the ceicnnuiy, which Wiis
to be beld 08 the 18th January, was girea
up, nnd thooe who had cunirihiitcd to the
tiind (or the ucc;i<inn were invited to take
liaik their oll. iin;:s. Hut a tehgramwiis rc
(cived from the Cardiaal oa Um 17th, giring
pciniis'ion "to eelebrate a aVqeJeai M.iss for
?'tho hiie King, prorided the occleaiaaHeal
"cereatooy bad not tbe fduuacter of a political
"ileinonstralion." The Itali.m Ambaaaadoi
rooaidered ilus aa probibiting the preeeaca at
the ceremony of the Bmbaaay and Diplomatic
Body, and as aaother diareapect to tbelr late
Kin^r. This [g thoaghl to be more remarkable
aa tbe I'opc had really aenl hlableating to the
dying monareb. Iforeorer, there had bcen
aoleraa mnanra foi Vietot Emaonel eelebcated
wiihout qaeatioa la Llrerpool. It was oaly
wiiliin Cardjaal llanning'a juriediefJoa that
ecrleaiaatlcal aaaction bad been lefaaed.
The geaeral tone of eomment La that for
Bome reaaon Cardtnal Manning baa aeen BI to
ally bimaelf with the party at Boaaa which
deoirea tbe reatoraUon of the temporal power
ol tbe Papacy. It la nerer for ;i bmmbooI sup
poaed ihat be did aot have excellent reaaona
tor the eonrae which be pnrsned. It ii inti
mated tbat be may bimaelf bare an eye upon
the papal chair; and there is gossip that he
i> eiidcavoiing to aciirc the lcmoval of the
(?(iinlavc to Malta. Ifl order to dimifliah
tbe propoitmn ol lialian rotea. De haa nerer
before ahoim blnuelf to be eareleea of the
i,'(iiid opiaioa of tbe Eagttah people. All this
may be mere eonjectare; 'uit ii is eurioaa to
iiml hiatory repeaUng itaelf. and so maeh of
inanagcinciit and intrigiic, il we miv aay so,
siiil auapeeted in the eleetion of the BapreaM
PoatifC _
r? m llfe inanraace oomaaatai bare aaeh a atory
iu tell tif ttotrproaperity doriag the aaal jrearaa tba
New-York Llfe, whoae aaaaa] atateaMBl aaaeara la
(mr adrertietag eolaaraa. To moal ooneeraaof tba
kind, 1K77 has bOBfl B ycar in which hnsinesK fell
otT) when few people aaplied foraew iaooranee,
aad niiiny erlthdrew, eloalog their polleiea ;it a
siiiiiic, rothet tboa payiag fur leaewal
in ihe inird tiim-s. Beaideo tlns, all the laoaraaee
compaaiaa bare aadBned loea from tbe deeliaeia
1'niiul Statesstticks-the beat eompuiea, babUag
ihe largeal prapordona <>f aneh atoeka, beiag,of
aoaraa, heary loaera. aJoo, there haa beea a ajraal
.slirinkageof valiic iu real cstal", daacaaMtfaig that
which emapaatao baM tm the aaa baod, nnd ?aklBg
them laraar boloataof it, on Iba other, hy the loro*
elooara <?f boada ami ?ortgagaa Vet, wiih its
Beoaaaary ahare <>f aaeh ioaaeevtbe Kew?Yerk Lifa
aboaabb IncrcBBQ of sin-iilus laal reari ealealatad
at the Ncw-Yiuk BtBta staiidard, tho liahili
tics aro cxi'ccdcd by the Baaata to the
amoiint of aboal 96,000,000; that k there
is ^li tn aaaot erery -f"> of debt. Tbaeoataaay in
rroaarni its boaioeae laal year, whetber aaaaaared by
the oatetaadiag rlaka or tboaaaahee oT aaBrioota
l.iicc. This nhowsth.it the oncrn rctaina tlie
jiuhlic favor, which it so tboiOBgblj deserves.
The iirray of tcstiinoniesto tlie nierits of Jnhnson's
Cyclopii'dia, prescnted in tho long iidvcrtisenicnt
clscwhcre, is as rcmarkahle a tribute as ever a ureat
work of thia kind lnis received. They range from
tha wiiiic Baaaa aad the Baaroaao Boaah through
Aincritan OoBagM und theoloirieal seniiuiuies, uud
eveu iuclude tho lute rremier of (Jreat Dritaiu.
Tho silver ugitator la fond of saytng that tbe in
ilatiouiHts cau be ohooked at tba ailver liuo, but that
if tlio gold bugs uro obotinato, nobody kuowa what
will happen. The inflationist wonld have beaa
checked and bnried at tbe aold liae before thii i|
tbo silver luuatic had been mnzzled at bia birth.
rOLITICAL XOTE8.
Limited silver ia a pretty strong arguraent agaioal
unliinited.
Mr. Tildeti ia arranaing hia tnouth for a freah
variation of tho " frauu" war-whoop.
The eountry showa Rigns of an nnwillingness ta
write itsclf down a tiatioti of lunatn s.
Mr. Hetulricks mnst have been shaken frotifftha
fetice. for he has lamlcd with his feet in the air.
Every day'a delay on the aii ver question jrivea tha
Bbukd bill a hlack eye, and lesseus tho danger of re*
pudiatiou.
With all the banka on a gold basia, nnlimited ul.
ver wonld make tbe dollar of the fathers aa cheaa
aad pkaaty as abiagbai la tho West.
Vircinia seerns to have oaenped l>> a hair's breaaa]
tho crime of repudiation. Ihe hill which the State
.Scnalo has passed is a direct blow at the forcibla
readinotera, aince it deelarea that no rcadjiistuu>rit
will bofBOda without tho aodperation of theboot
Boldara, QoxaxBorBoUiday'a tnanly stand has not
been iu vaiu.
Poor Thurmnn ! Ba has surrendered his ennvtc.
tions far euonjih to deliver a apeech about tli*
heiielits of unliinited silver, and now the Ohio
Democrney gfewla at him hecause he ,!,?.,, no^
faxnx anfindtod naeahaeka alao, He oaa be d?
pctided Bpoa to do that next time, auice it bj tba
only logical conclusiou to what he has said.
Senator Johnston, of Virginin, is tho most senti
iii.-ui il Bnanetat who has yc-t pnl his foot into tbe
silver di-ciissio:i. Ho diMires silver iu nnllaiitat
ojaoatftaai fax tha eohnred men, hecause they do uot
recognize the value of aay other kiud of nmuey,
Ha thinks they would absorb a lar^e atnoiint, and
that if tho Government will gfxa thein what thoy
Wiint. they will bOOOOM letter ritizefls. Mr. Jolm
st'in leave-. us in douht whether ho Wlahea tn i.-sue
ailxer for this ahaorptioa in tba ahape of rattona ee
on tho old piineiple of forty acres of land an.l a
luille.
The new Scnator from Kentueky will xive tbe
ipiack atatesmen a twiat vrhen he reaehes Wnahing
toii. He is eijiialled by few detnaimgues aud sur?
passed hy none. ln a recent serenade speech, Gen
eral Willianis Oaanatad hiniself in fuvor Of appTOBlb
ations for the rehadkfiag ?f the " naxaetoted Boath*
?for new levees, new raihoads, aud internal im
provenu nts of all kinda. He demanded Free Trade,
unliinited silver, and rejradiatioa, atul when be
cloaed, tba baad played " Dlxie," atnid the wihlest
i\ iteineiit. In the iiimiortal hwgaaga of Mr.
Watteraon, tba dextl i.s aetaatly loeea.
Wade Hainpton is likely to liavo his hatuls fnll ia
hohlinif iSouth t'arolina bnok from n BadiatioB. Tbe
report of the Baad C'ouiinissioti aiuiply rceommendi
the repudiation of two-thirds of the publie Oabt, aa
it stands at preseiit nndcr the C'nt adklatfaa Aet
That aet was deelared. at the time of its paas.ige,
tn he a tinal adjustineiit, and th" Denoeiatte party
which paaaed il eolensntx pledged tteeifto ibm by
it. Ttu-re is no exi-use for breaking this faitb now,
aad if it la broken, ao is dangeronaly probaole, too
State will daliborataly btaad ifaaalf with reaaduanBh
The Detnocratic House has furnisheil another
plank for the " fraud" platfonn, and has gixoo Pat
terson, of ('olorado, a conipaniou in discrraoc hy seat
uni Wiirginton, of Califoruia. WlggfaktOBra oppo
nent was fixaa acertiticiite of clection hy tlie Deia
cratic .Secretary of California, and tho eartJfkwtO
was pronouiieed valid byabo Suprome Courtof Cali?
fornia, 0 majority of the judgt-s bohaf thoinselvce
lieuiocri'ts. Yet the reform statesiiieu iu Wasaiag
ton coolly put the unelccted niau iu the aaal he haa
no right to, aud the BnBfJBi of reform is WBXed more
xigoronaly thaa ever. It is wortbyof Botethataa
irooil a Daaaoerat aa Cbvrksoa Ef. Potter, of bew*
V'.ik, had the self-respeit t') vote againat l.is party
in this ootrageoua perforiuanee. Tbal be wa?
alln.veil to vote aloue, i.s tbe only coiament ou tbe
party Beeaxeary.
PERSONAL,
Secretary Evarts was stxty yeare o!d on
Wi tneedayi
Poe'a origin.il MS. of his poem, " The BoDO
is owiie i by a l.uiv in Lowall.
Dr. Paoey ia not xwy BL as has l>een s'ated.
Ba baa abnply tafferad a Uaata fraaa rhaaaaafaaxa,
Madame Modjeaka has beOB making calls in
Waahington wtth Mra Bageai Hala, au?i is aaaoh iiked
there.
Of the Donlhuin BeoatfonGordoa bo^eoeriboi
as " earnest alert, aml lilgh bmweil;" Laniar as looBBBJ
"like BOfaft li.iii ;" Hill as " a blomle, itrong Oexea."
Mr. Ku-Uin has permitted the whole of hia
iuitiir Aiawnua aad akatekeeha baaaafaatad. tmi-pro
eeada of Um axblbitiou are t.? be given to suiiie ouj"i-t to
!>.> r.iiuii'il Uy Mr. Kaskin, probably tlio BXaaXafOBOf Iui
Bhi Hieiii Muaeaaa.
The new puhli.-hiug fnm of BaajfdBkfB &
Oanood haxe m taelr eaaalagaa a bniiunt ;tst <>t ?uu*on.
They pnMtah (aaaaag aaaay athexxl taawaxoa ot H?w
tii'irnc, LeaapaBaax, ahaaxaBB, Wanaaar, n.-yant, r*aap>
len. Dicikaaa. Oaaat, LowaB, hMbaaw, hxawaenf, ('&?
IXta, M.ieaul.iy, llaeou, OOaaMT, IV- i,Baxa i-y, aJariahj
Bayard laylaa) BowaUa nmi rhaaaxi nu-iu-s.
Dr, Ilenj.iuiin Franklin wliile Mmi-ter to
rxaaaabaaghl i? ciock, waaao is now kaaagaxhlbitedla
lletr.ut. Iu tlio cxclteuieut of BBB 0X0 whieh gaXtXayai
Ii.-ttiiit ui 1000 th;' tleah was lUr.iwn intJ the river, but
aoaae aaxantaaana baya Oahed N eal aad n <iui aaxxbai
for uiuiy yaaraal UM fadtaa aaxaelea at Fart <\ - a
iiiul ine'saiilt, ut wiucU latlaf placo its |iiwi"jt uttii'T
found it.
The Bmith sisters of Glastonhury have peti
uooed ihe Ooaneetteet haaata ta let taaeaxoto. Tbay
say in tbeir tiieinnri.il: "For fmty years bave we (-uf
fercd Inteuscly, BUBM the OaBth of our fiitlier, for b.-inf
borti woiucii. We ciniiot eveu aOfana Opfkaj the princi
piesof our forefathare, waa foujcat and ated ter naaa,
witliuttt biivui^ our property aafaaO and mlil at tha
Baa-poat, Wbieh we have fciilTereil foiir tuu?'s;aiiil n.so
aaaa aarxina aerea ot ?oaaav laud seU to aa agty Belga>
tior for it>.>0, lae.d woitn mure lliun f-J.utK). AnJ B
iin-.'iit 1- pivenouttii.it enrhoweohaU N raaaaehaOj
and iie-puiieil of propertj oaoel iic.ir to aa, the aorl af
liiincnteii tuombera oi our fawily wbo bave p aa befara
aa. Aiet all tlns 1.1 Uouc without the MBM rXOBM of
ri.-lit or jii-ii.e."
The littlo PriBOO Vii'tor Kmanuel was ao
faadaf hta tiaadfalher that they were afrahl to t?;t iiim
thenewa of tbe kliijf's death. Mr. Itoiiud BUXkta Tht
Indt'itendeiit, tliat the kimt used to relale anecdotra of
his little KCiulson w;th >rreiit ({iisto. The kius waia iireat
BBjokeXi and onee thte ttttta '.< Uow, aaahrtng t" aBaxa in
his grandpaaara faetatona, aakad for a atgar. "anhr
said tne ktng. " Ii's BhaO babif." " Is it I W.il, theo,
wiieu i axov uo Pll kaaab you Bafaax than ta do it," waa
the (alofe raply ??i Um nttie arowa peOaaa Oue uay ihe
liuie prtnea arao t.iik.u^ wuh his araaahaahar,aad,aa
theatorygoeo,aakad hha what ho BBaaMaawhoa ho
new to baa aaa. MOh,xaxfaaaayaa,nBa aklagaooal
ilaj; and I bope yoo'U nvto b? a geed oue," wa baj
Krandfaiber'a reply. "Tbal will be vatx ptaaaaat,"
piiiue. ".liut inil 1 bo u circus-rider, Ua I He
taoae It would be nore fuu."
A pleasant oaeedotO is told of Herlioz, the
eaaanoaar. a. eertala gBajhanaaa waa m ParB ut the
?aaaa tiuio oita Oaaaral T.iui TBaxea, aml aap>
paned to bo katredaeed to B-riio/. tan^gbaag timt
Ki.iais, dx/arfa, aaxal aaaa, aa t aetara oara aU oue tnbe,
ha i>e.--eii harttoa to bm hun hha aaa xaaa Ttaaah iu an>
v.ii.-. " With pU.isurc,"aald Baffhaa, aud gaxa him aa
ul.lii.-s Whera ho lold lnu? be would Uud tlie ?reat
ilwiirf at bouie. Ho went, aud fouiul blBMOtt in Bnl
areaaaoa of a glgaatJa aaav aaa waa, m aan?aaaa
ataar ihaa [ahbaaav Oorhnaayooaa eal taa haOMa af
ahyneeaand paanaaaaa, aai taa a>ffBanaaai onked his
ho?t for :in axatBaatfoa, '? i aaaaa hara," be aaatj " bbbJ
by m. Bi ruoa laaaaQaaawal taxa Ihaaaa. Bow, there
uiii-t be aooM luisiuke. Ba ta a xary, xery utua oreatnta,
and roa?" " A.b l trae," Lablacba repticd: " I bm rerf
lil'.le nuleed nboa 1 uppear iu pubuc. Uut wheu laui al
Uonie I tiike mv ea.-e."
The l'residential OOBtOOB of Sunday exeuing
Btnx'lnic recelvea counnondatlon from rellalooi i ais-r*.
The fXWaahaa aataaaaaa of PHaaaxnt, says: " om- of tua
iustitutioiisof tuo Wbite House is tha OBBBBtb eXOBlBO
devotcd to iouj: ; uot ?ay, frivoloua ?ong, boteheerfaa
ciiiistiiin aaag. Wa aaal tbere, upon the oeeailoa of our
vi-.lt. Ihe rtaaloaat ;md Mrs. Hayea, tbeir nioces, Ml.^ea
1'iitt aad Poota, tbeir son Wehb. the Vlce-PrcakWaOj
Oaaaral Ohenxaaa aad .iiiu?:?ter, Oaaraaary s.'hurz, ai*
tmiiey-lieiieial Deven*, Senator Furry. Ooaanl H l4t"
in>;s, CMBf.111 BBBBB McKluloy, Asslitaut Boxgoaa ^u'
aaal Woodward aud wife, aud Mr. DtahlBioa, pnvata
secretary of the Vioc-Preaideut. Tho ?luk-itiK of byuiul
flllod up the hoar, ataahaj with :
a 1... .: !..? I't t .' tllil! li|i..'.S
Our hr.iria iu I'liri.itiiiu luva.
A aeason of geulul couversation. and tba company
breaki up. No oant, uo aasuuied BOleniulty uiarn d tba
bour. It was a tuue of Chrlatian cbeerfulue?*. b'?'h!1'*
was more pleaaliuc than to ?oo Oenrral BaataMBjiag
bero of so manv battlos, whoso nauie history wni ?I? ??
in oonneeliou with Uiaufa and Moltaes. Jom witnerr
Uout rcllsh lu tho aanXOhajkaf tbo ovoulnif.
Tbere ia a atoiy to tbe etlect tbat Loid M^
bourue waa ouco prosied by an inuuUitivo lady, Wboui b#
bad takeu down to diuuer, to gtva ber bia oxaot oybUef

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